SAGE Eldercare accepting clients in grocery shopping, errand service

Pictured on the left is one of SAGE Eldercare?s volunteers, Dave Keeney of Summit, talking with another shopper as he orders items at the Millburn ShopRite deli counter. He is shopping and delivering grocery items for an older adult who is a client of SAGE?s Grocery Shopping and Errand Service. For more information on the service, call 908.598.5514 or visit www.sageeldercare.org.

SAGE Eldercare is currently accepting clients in their grocery shopping and errand service.

The program is available to individuals older than 60 and their in-home health aides, as well as disabled individuals who live in Essex, Morris or Union County.

Each week on Wednesday mornings, volunteers who assist with SAGE's Grocery Shopping and Errand Service meet a shopping coordinator at the Berkeley Heights Stop 'n Shop to shop and then deliver the items to seniors who live in Berkeley Heights, Chatham, Madison, Mountainside, New Providence and Summit. Weekly on Thursday mornings, volunteers shop at the Millburn Shoprite and deliver groceries and other items to seniors who live in Millburn, Short Hills, Springfield, and parts of Union.

SAGE Eldercare's Shopping and Errand Service has grown from three clients in 1998 to about 60 annually. Each year, volunteers shop and deliver more than 1,000 orders and buy more than $70,000 worth of groceries. They also pick up and deliver laundry to and from a local laundromat. Errands to the post office, dry cleaners, and other places can also be accommodated.

On delivery mornings, volunteer shoppers meet SAGE's staff shopping coordinator at one of the two grocery stores and shop for items based on lists that are distributed by the coordinator. The coordinator takes care of payment and then the volunteer delivers the groceries to the client, along with the receipt. Items are usually delivered around 10:00 am.

"The benefits to people are tremendous. We can save caregivers effort so that they can spend quality time with their relative, we are flexible as to the brands and sizes of items that we pick up, we will accommodate dietary-specific needs, we will use coupons if requested, and we look out for that person, often becoming a companion to them," said Marianne Kranz, director of Volunteers and Support Services at SAGE, in a recent press release.

For more information on the service, or if you are interested in becoming a volunteer for SAGE Eldercare, call 908-598-5514.

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